"He was a left winger when I first went in and as a left winger he was always short of that extra little bit of something when he got it wide."

Rose, who considered representing Jamaica last year, now looks certain to travel with the Three Lions to France this summer, despite competition from Ryan Bertrand and Luke Shaw, who is set to return from injury before the end of the campaign.

The Yorkshireman earned his second cap during Tuesday's 2-1 defeat to Holland at Wembley.